Chapter 391 Li Sihong Knows the Truth
Zhao Xiaofei didn't believe that carefully educating a child would guarantee they wouldn't have dangerous thoughts when they grow up. After all, he sat in that position, the most ruthless of the imperial family. No one could guarantee what would happen in the future, so he had to stop Kunxing from having such dangerous thoughts.
"My wife, Madam!" Zhao Xiaofei changed her address and said, "If they really can't give birth to a son, we should choose a prince's son to be the emperor. This child can be taught by me personally. I can't say how close he will be to us. But he won't treat Zhang Juzheng the same way Wanli treated him." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"So what? Even if we are still alive, we dare not do anything. Who knows, when we are gone, the new emperor might dig up our graves. And how much suffering will our descendants have to endure?" Princess Kunxing said.
"We have closed our eyes, why should we care about so many things! Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, and we should not be sinners for future generations." Zhao Xiaofei persuaded earnestly.
"Don't say anymore. This is the case. If they can't give birth to a son, let them all die!" Princess Kunxing said.
"This... this is too cruel! They are all your brothers and sisters!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"I have made up my mind. It all depends on God's will!" Princess Kunxing said firmly.
Zhao Xiaofei knew that he could not persuade his wife, so he could only turn away.
Princess Kunxing was heartbroken watching her husband leave. But she couldn't be soft-hearted. Everything she did was to prevent her family's kingdom from falling into the hands of outsiders. In her eyes, apart from Emperor Chongzhen, her brothers, sisters, and her own children, everyone else was an outsider. Even if her son's surname was Zhao, it wouldn't matter!
Zhao Xiaofei left Princess Kunxing and went directly to Li Sihong's room. At this time, she was comforting Shen Yunying!
Seeing Zhao Xiaofei come in, Li Sihong asked, "What did the princess say to you?"
"Nothing. Has anything big happened in the court these days?" Zhao Xiaofei didn't want to tell Li Sihong about Kunxing's dangerous idea. He was afraid that Li Sihong and Shen Yunying would be frightened.
"A few days ago, Wu Sangui's Guanning Army marched south and scared Huang Degong, Gao Jie and others. They thought you and your elder brother were going to take action against them!" Shen Yunying said.
"What happened to Huang Degong and the others? Why did this happen?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"Because Ni Yuanlu believed that the princess might become Wu Zetian, Liu Rushi is now a female official in the palace, and he also found a group of talented women to enter the palace to help them handle state affairs. This matter became known to everyone, so Ni Yuanlu wanted to join forces with Huang Degong and others to force the palace. However, he was persuaded by Yang Tianhe, but at this time Wu Sangui and others went south, which really scared them!" Li Sihong said.
"What are you all doing with nothing to do? The Jianlu haven't been eliminated yet, what are you trying to do?" Zhao Xiaofei said angrily.
"Husband, don't get angry and hurt yourself! What Ni Yuanlu did was wrong, but it was not without reason. If you do it in such a high-profile manner, you will definitely be criticized by people all over the world. Even if Ni Yuanlu does not rebel, there will be people who will use the name of clearing the court's side to oppose the court." Li Sihong said.
"Then let me ask you, if the princess really becomes the queen one day, what do you think?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"If this is true, there may be disputes in the world again," said Li Sihong.
"Tell me more details!" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"First of all, the princess won't have long in power, and she doesn't have policies that benefit the country and the people. Secondly, there is Lu Ling above her, and she is the real regent. Also, our dynasty is extremely disgusted with women interfering in politics. The Tang Dynasty had Empress Wu, and we have Concubine Wan. So the princess has little hope of becoming the empress!" said Li Sihong.
"I hope she won't become the second Wu Zetian! You two stay, and the three of us will have a good meal and chat!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
Li Sihong was fine, but Shen Yunying didn't know what she was thinking about, her face flushed with embarrassment.
"Husband, are you worried that she will go further and further away?" Li Sihong said.
"Yes! It's only a matter of time if she continues like this! Yunying, go outside and see if anyone is eavesdropping!" Zhao Xiaofei said to Shen Yunying.
Shen Yunying immediately picked up her sword and left. Zhao Xiaofei then said to Li Sihong, "The current crown prince is actually the son of the princess and me. Concubine Huang Shu took the wrong child."
"What? How could this happen? So the princess thought of letting her son become the emperor?" Li Sihong asked.
"Not entirely. The prerequisite is that Concubine He, Concubine Huang and Concubine Qin cannot give birth to a son!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"But what if they all give birth to daughters?" Li Sihong asked.
Zhao Xiaofei didn't say anything, just made a gesture of wiping his neck.
Li Sihong was really scared this time. She never expected that the gentle and kind princess in the past would become like this. The thought of it made her shudder.
"Then what can my husband do? She can't do this unless you want to be like Lu Buwei and want your son to be king!" Li Sihong said to Zhao Xiaofei.
"I don't want to, you know my character! If I want to be the emperor, who in this world can compete with my Ke Nan Army? Wouldn't it be great to be the emperor myself? But I don't have it! I have worked hard for the Zhu family's kingdom, not to let my son become the emperor." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"Then what can my husband do?" Li Sihong asked anxiously.
"The only way is to let the sons of Prince Lu, Prince Gui or Prince Tang come to Beijing and nominate one of their sons to be the emperor. In this way, we can control the political situation without being suspected by the new emperor and eventually causing civil unrest." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"I know that Prince Lu has several sons, but I have never heard that Prince Tang Zhu Youjian has any sons. As for Prince Gui, I heard that he has several sons, but they are all too young!" said Li Sihong.
"How do you know?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"Some people in the capital send gifts to the palace, but the eldest princess is not around, so she usually doesn't see them. The younger princess is not interested in these things, and doesn't care about them. So I take care of all these things at home. When a member of the royal family has a child, they will report to the Ministry of Clan Affairs. They want the prince to talk to the princess and restore the pension system so that they can receive more salaries! Now there is chaos and war, and they don't have much work. Some members of the royal family are almost begging for food." Li Sihong said.
"Hmph! It's because there are too many of these termites that the Ming Dynasty suffered the disaster of the Jiashen Rebellion! Begging? Begging is still good! A bunch of useless people! They used the backdoor to get into trouble!" Zhao Xiaofei said. After the restoration of Shenjing, Zhao Xiaofei discussed with the cabinet and the princess. As for the remaining royal family members who had surrendered to the enemy, none of them would be spared. They would be expelled from the royal family, imprisoned, and executed.
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